LEGO Star Wars 2023 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[Hhalcyon]

17 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Not a 2023/24 set, but has anyone had any stability issues with their UCS AT-AT? Today, I moved mine aside to gain access to a display cabinet and more and more side panels on the legs and underside started to fall off. I tried to fix it for like an hour to no avail and got so fed up I ended up smashing the thing to a thousand pieces with a single stroke  Instant regret kicked in, looking at the mess I just made.

Not looking forward to repairing it. Sigh… Something to keep me busy until the Ahsoka sets arrive, I guess

I spent like 3 hours repairing my regular AT-AT after it fell of a high shelf.

If I did this to a UCS one i think i'd just bury it and buy a new one.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Just now, Hhalcyon said:

If I did this to a UCS one i think i'd just bury it and buy a new one.

That was my first thought, but then I remembered the price  Not the first time I smashed a set in frustration in the middle of trying to fix it (*cough* UCS Star Destroyer *cough*). Hopefully the last though, as the repairwork will be just as terrible as it sounds. Fingers crossed the Venator is more stable than these two

[Old Master]

HD pics of Yularen are out there now, about as solid as it gets.

Does anyone know if its a reused face though?

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, Legofan2001 said:

How do we know that if lego hasn’t made things like a Naboo Royal Starcruiser,Droid Factory,Geonosis Arena,Invisible Hand,a true Mustafar playset,Yoda vs Sidious. Not to mention much needed remakes like ARC-170,Tri-Fighter,vulture droid,Jango’s Slave One,Wheel Bike Chase with Boga,Bounty Hunter Pursuit. Heck a Dex’s Dinner for 30-40 dollars would probably sell well and could be done in the style of the Hoth Medical Bay from 2018.

You gotta put spaces after your commas, man. I'm old, I need to see where words start and end.

As for the sets, I mean yeah, some of this stuff would be great. I think I'd just talked about wanting an ARC-170 and vulture droid a couple posts ago, and I've made the argument for an MBS pentaki more times than I can count. But as for a naboo cruiser, or a version of the mustafar duel that's a massive facility, or dex's diner? No, I don't think it would do well. They might be able to get away with something at that $30-40 price point, but people who play with sets tend to enjoy the conflict, not diplomatic missions or killing unarmed politicians (at least, within playing with legos.)

Lego has a limited number of set slots, and an ever-expanding amount of content. Less popular or less likely to be popular stuff is going to get pushed to the wayside for older content. What do you want to see here? The last OT system sets replaced by more prequel stuff? The GAR vehicles we're getting replaced by dex's diners and naboo starships?

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Not a 2023/24 set, but has anyone had any stability issues with their UCS AT-AT?

Yes. You cannot get it to stand up straight without fidgeting with those damn leg worm gears for forever, and the second you touch it it decides to tilt 15 degrees to the left.

1 hour ago, ArrowBricks said:

Providing Lego were clever, I think the chosen sets could sell well. I’d certainly buy them. But sadly, I think we are a long way away from them, and I don’t think Lego would be bold in their choices. 

Maybe we might see a little resurgence with TFA’s 10 year anniversary and the new Rey film. 

If the Rey film is the Mangold one, I don't think it'll happen. Lucasfilm has a track record of firing new directors after they make a subpar film, and Mangold mangled indy 5.

1 hour ago, Hhalcyon said:

If I did this to a UCS one i think i'd just bury it and buy a new one.

me immediately after @Hhalcyon drops his UCS AT-AT

Spoiler

 

[AD_Bricks]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

You gotta put spaces after your commas, man. I'm old, I need to see where words start and end.

Yes cool but also can you pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaase please pretty please spell "definitely" correctly 

Edited August 9, 2023 by AD_Bricks

[NoOneOfImportance]

5 hours ago, Legofan2001 said:

Heck a Dex’s Dinner for 30-40 dollars would probably sell well and could be done in the style of the Hoth Medical Bay from 2018.

I'm going to be blunt. No kid under 15 (and that's generous) has that much care about Dex, much less wants a $40+ set based around him, and that's the age group LEGO would target the set at, unless for some very strange reason they made it a diorama, which at this point, given how few dioramas they are seeming to make a year, they wouldn't do. 

And at this point, LEGO has made 3 Mustafar Battles (2005, 2012, 2020). It's not like they haven't represented some of these scenes. When it comes down to it, LEGO makes what will sell, sometimes at the expense of other things that could. There's a reason why most Star Wars sets are vehicles, rather that creatures like Varactyl (Boga), or why every Slave 1 is Boba's (because Boba is frankly FAR more popular and in public eye through stuff like his show than Jango, who got killed within an hour of his first appearance and then got his ship repainted). It's not because the alternative wouldn't necessarily sell, but it's because LEGO has 25 years of evidence of what sells best, and they lean into that. We can sit here and say that everybody wants a Water Buffalo (someone will get that reference) but that doesn't mean that LEGO is going to make something that just the fraction of the community on EB is clamoring for when they have enough research and not enough reason to make it. 

4 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

Maybe we might see a little resurgence with TFA’s 10 year anniversary and the new Rey film. 

It's been 10 years... Wow. I could definitely see a redone $50 Poe X-Wing for the anniversary (I don't think they'd do this if X-Wings were still $90ish) with him and Finn, or maybe a ST diorama for the anniversary based on the Starkiller duel or something, but they will definitely play it very safe no matter what they choose.

 

 

[Balrogofmorgoth]

7 minutes ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

I'm going to be blunt. No kid under 15 (and that's generous) has that much care about Dex, much less wants a $40+ set based around him, and that's the age group LEGO would target the set at, unless for some very strange reason they made it a diorama, which at this point, given how few dioramas they are seeming to make a year, they wouldn't do. 

And at this point, LEGO has made 3 Mustafar Battles (2005, 2012, 2020). It's not like they haven't represented some of these scenes. When it comes down to it, LEGO makes what will sell, sometimes at the expense of other things that could. There's a reason why most Star Wars sets are vehicles, rather that creatures like Varactyl (Boga), or why every Slave 1 is Boba's (because Boba is frankly FAR more popular and in public eye through stuff like his show than Jango, who got killed within an hour of his first appearance and then got his ship repainted). It's not because the alternative wouldn't necessarily sell, but it's because LEGO has 25 years of evidence of what sells best, and they lean into that. We can sit here and say that everybody wants a Water Buffalo (someone will get that reference) but that doesn't mean that LEGO is going to make something that just the fraction of the community on EB is clamoring for when they have enough research and not enough reason to make it. 

It's been 10 years... Wow. I could definitely see a redone $50 Poe X-Wing for the anniversary (I don't think they'd do this if X-Wings were still $90ish) with him and Finn, or maybe a ST diorama for the anniversary based on the Starkiller duel or something, but they will definitely play it very safe no matter what they choose.

 

 

When I was a kid, I wanted a lego Dexter’s Diner really badly. Still do. It was actually a dream set for me when I was younger

Honestly I really have trouble believing some people actually want sequel remakes more than prequel sets we’ve never gotten 

[NoOneOfImportance]

1 minute ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

When I was a kid, I wanted a lego Dexter’s Diner really badly. Still do. It was actually a dream set for me when I was younger

Honestly I really have trouble believing some people actually want sequel remakes more than prequel sets we’ve never gotten 

Oh definitely. I know a lot of people on here would love it, but we're all adult fans. Hence why I said no one under at least 15. Those of us who grew up with LEGO Star Wars 1 and the PT around us might have some more interest, but I really doubt kids nowadays have any care for it, much less at a $40+ price point. 

I think the people who want ST remakes simply want something from the ST. We're getting lots of PT, CW, OT, Mando-verse, etc. sets, but nothing from a whole era of Star Wars, one which many people like at least aspects of - whether the vehicles, FO Stormies, etc. and don't have a single way to get anything from. 

[JohnTPT17]

I think a Dexter's Diner set in the same vein as the "Bro Thor" set could, on paper, work. I mean, how many "under-15-year-olds" were clambering for that particular scene, especially in the style?  Stitch brought back the four-arm mold that Dex could use, so now would be the time to do it. Or, wait two years and do it as a part of the original Lego Star Wars Video Game's 20th Anniversary, since the diner was the hub.

Heck, if you really wanted to, throw in Jango. It makes little sense in the context of the scene in question, but it would let him come back and help sell more copies of that set (both for people who want Jango specifically, and those who recognize some kind of Mandalorian), and it would be hard to sneak him into a set that isn't the diner, a blue Slave 1 (unlikely), Kamino (already done this year), or an Arena. It wouldn't be the first time Lego has thrown in a figure that only tangentially relates to a scene just to help sell more copies.

Again, I don't think it will happen, but al least on paper it could work.

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

Yes cool but also can you pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaase please pretty please spell "definitely" correctly 

I have been CALLED OUT. I've spelled that wrong so many times my autocorrect suggest thinks I'm trying to say something else and stopped trying to fix it. 

That said, don't look at any older posts where I say quote.

1 hour ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

I'm going to be blunt. No kid under 15 (and that's generous) has that much care about Dex, much less wants a $40+ set based around him, and that's the age group LEGO would target the set at, unless for some very strange reason they made it a diorama, which at this point, given how few dioramas they are seeming to make a year, they wouldn't do. 

And at this point, LEGO has made 3 Mustafar Battles (2005, 2012, 2020). It's not like they haven't represented some of these scenes. When it comes down to it, LEGO makes what will sell, sometimes at the expense of other things that could. There's a reason why most Star Wars sets are vehicles, rather that creatures like Varactyl (Boga), or why every Slave 1 is Boba's (because Boba is frankly FAR more popular and in public eye through stuff like his show than Jango, who got killed within an hour of his first appearance and then got his ship repainted). It's not because the alternative wouldn't necessarily sell, but it's because LEGO has 25 years of evidence of what sells best, and they lean into that. We can sit here and say that everybody wants a Water Buffalo (someone will get that reference) but that doesn't mean that LEGO is going to make something that just the fraction of the community on EB is clamoring for when they have enough research and not enough reason to make it. 

It's been 10 years... Wow. I could definitely see a redone $50 Poe X-Wing for the anniversary (I don't think they'd do this if X-Wings were still $90ish) with him and Finn, or maybe a ST diorama for the anniversary based on the Starkiller duel or something, but they will definitely play it very safe no matter what they choose.

EXACTLY. I think another thing you need to remember is kids generally prefer either action oriented sets, or one getting them desirable figs (which is desirable TO KIDS, so it's people like Luke and Vader, not Dexter Jettster). So GAR/CIS ships are going to sell better than padme's diplomatic transport, or a diner.

1 hour ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Honestly I really have trouble believing some people actually want sequel remakes more than prequel sets we’ve never gotten 

I would take a new first order troop transport over a naboo royal starship any day of the week. That said, I'd prefer the troop transport from Mando over either of them.

[kidtheboss611]

4 hours ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

I think the people who want ST remakes simply want something from the ST. We're getting lots of PT, CW, OT, Mando-verse, etc. sets, but nothing from a whole era of Star Wars, one which many people like at least aspects of - whether the vehicles, FO Stormies, etc. and don't have a single way to get anything from. 

Regarding the ST set discussion, while I'm not a fan of the films a lot of the vehicles, characters designs, and planets are interesting and would be a welcome change to the current lineup (much like the Ahsoka sets look to be). Also, I'd guess most kids don't care which trilogy/movie a set comes from they just want something that looks cool or has an interesting fig. I'm sure a final duel with Palps, Ben, and Rey would be popular on the figures and set design alone no matter what the critics' score is for TROS. The first Lego SW set I ever had was the V-19 torrent and the only reason I asked my dad to buy it was cause it was V and I thought that looked sick. I'd never seen the CW at that point and had no idea it'd be the only clone pilot we'd ever get. 

It's been a while since I was on the forum but it's great to be back and can't wait to build the new Ghost on day 1. 

[Clone OPatra]

They've made huts for Like, Yoda and Obi-Wan, plus small Mos Eisley Cantinas, but people are sure a $30-40 Dex's Diner with small representative exterior, one booth, Dex, Obi and droid wouldn't sell?

 

Attack of the Clones is just massively underrepresented in LEGO and I honestly have no hope on them ever circling back to cover the material.

[Tariq j]

Yeah, we only seem to get Obi Wan's starfighter or Clone ships like the Gunship/AT-TE (and those aren't exclusive to AotC). 

The speeder chase and Slave 1 haven't been touched since 2002 and they've never done anything with the arena or the droid factory. 

[TeddytheSpoon]

45 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

They've made huts for Like, Yoda and Obi-Wan, plus small Mos Eisley Cantinas, but people are sure a $30-40 Dex's Diner with small representative exterior, one booth, Dex, Obi and droid wouldn't sell?

Luke, Obi-Wan and Yoda are probably the three most recognisable Jedi in Star Wars, and Mos Eisley is, well, Mos Eisley. Dexter had one scene where all that really happens is Obi-Wan gets some information, and it's never seen again. It probably would sell, but certainly not in the numbers the other three would/did (and even then I seem to remember Obi-Wan's hut being something of a shelf-warmer). I'd love to get the Diner as much as the next guy, and we definitely need some more non-clone AotC sets, but even among them the Diner is surely some way down the list of priorities.

[Clone OPatra]

1 hour ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

Luke, Obi-Wan and Yoda are probably the three most recognisable Jedi in Star Wars, and Mos Eisley is, well, Mos Eisley. Dexter had one scene where all that really happens is Obi-Wan gets some information, and it's never seen again.

Barely any action happens in Yoda's and Obi-Wan's houses too, besides character moments and people getting information. It's mostly just that those locations and scenes are in the OT, so people have had longer to grow fond of them. To be honest, the Dexter's Diner scene is both extremely memorable and just about the only time in the entirety of the prequels where a Jedi (besides Anakin) is shown to possibly have a life outside of Jedi-ing, which is a pretty big character moment too.

I don't think it's top of LEGO's list to make for AotC either, but that's also a shame. It's a bit ridiculous that after nearly 25 years of this theme, we don't have Dexter, most of the Separatist leaders, an updated Zam (who could easily come in a very good vehicle set), and the list goes on.

[Balrogofmorgoth]

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I have been CALLED OUT. I've spelled that wrong so many times my autocorrect suggest thinks I'm trying to say something else and stopped trying to fix it. 

That said, don't look at any older posts where I say quote.

EXACTLY. I think another thing you need to remember is kids generally prefer either action oriented sets, or one getting them desirable figs (which is desirable TO KIDS, so it's people like Luke and Vader, not Dexter Jettster). So GAR/CIS ships are going to sell better than padme's diplomatic transport, or a diner.

I would take a new first order troop transport over a naboo royal starship any day of the week. That said, I'd prefer the troop transport from Mando over either of them.

I’m just gonna say it again, I LOVED Dex as a kid, and always wanted a Dexter’s Diner set. That being said, I understand that kids now aren’t growing up with those movies. But I don’t believe that means kids wouldn’t find it desirable. Just my own experience. As to sequel sets, I agree that they should make sets they never made from the sequels, but I don’t want more remakes of ST or OT until we’ve had more PT sets we never got

[McMurder_them_softly]

If anything, as a kid, I did not want a Dexter Jettsters diner, I wanted clone sets and we got them (still love you, 7163). But as an adult, I want it more. I think there is some really nice dialogue there (in my opinion) and a great scene to get in LEGO. But I think there would be an initial craze and then it would sit on shelves for the rest of it's production lifespan. 

[Rwbricks]

Unfortunately, there seems to just be too many options and such limited space. We have just a few system sets in the winter/spring release window, and then we get a pretty good sized wave in the summer. However, there is always new material that warrants sets, so it doesn’t seem like we will be getting the years of filling in the gaps like we did in the early 2010s. There’s always the pull between sets based on new material, sets based on things that we have missed, and remakes of things that we have already gotten. Personally, I can list a multitude of sets from all eleven theatrical films that I would still like to see made, and then still more that should/would/could be remade. With all of the shows and games, too, there’s just too much. 
 

Then the question of competition comes into play. Do I think Dex’s Diner would sell? Yes, I do. Do I think Dex’s Diner would sell better than a Droid Factory or a remake of Bounty Hunter Pursuit? No, I do not. Would I like all of them? Yes, but that seems unlikely to happen. 

All that being said, the Naboo Royal Starship and Exegol duel are still at the top of my list. 

[MSY-MSP]

Being on the older side of things, i.e. I saw the original Star Wars (when it was still Star Wars, and not a new hope) in the theater in 1977, I too would like a Dex's Diner.  One of the strongest appeals that it has for me is that it is a scene that shows the ordinary life of the rest of the folks and not the main characters.  In a lot of ways it is the Cantina from the PT.  A memorable locale that doesn't have a lot of screen time, but adds a lot to the overall sense of the universe.  

Another location from AToC would be the bar where Obi-Wan is offered the death sticks.  I could see that as a set, though it might make a better diorama given the subject matter.  I can see the quote now "You want to go home and rethink your life.  I want to go home and rethink my life."

But as many have said Lego is faced with a lot of choices with which to make sets based on.  They have the new material which there is a lot of lately, and the movies.  If they only do 20-25 sets a year, and then you also factor the need to make sure they balance the price points for the sets across a large spectrum, there is only so much that they can realistically ever do.  Lego knows it has to have at least some of the new sets be from the OT regardless of what we here say, Lego knows that those will always sell.  So it is safe to say that at least 7-10 of any year's release will be OT related, which doesn't leave a lot of room for the other movies.   When venturing out of the OT, Lego has been extremely conservative in what they do (outside of the releases related to when the actual subject matter is first released).  I think a lot of it comes from being unsure of how far to take things past the main primary threads of the movies while still making toys.  I think in the end that is why we don't see much spreading out with respect to these particular films.

I also think that Lego has been experimenting a lot with different themes with respect to Star Wars.  The dioramas are clearly aimed at older fans, and were I think a fairly successful attempt at trying something new.  Same thing with the helmets (though I am not a fan), and the statues(for lack of a better word) (which have been hit or miss with Chewie being the biggest miss).  The Mechs are another stab from them, which like many have said here is not my cup of tea, but I will say Lego is trying new things.  

At the end of the day we all can hope for something, but unfortunately we aren't the ones in the conference rooms making these calls.   As Abraham Lincoln once said "You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time."

[NoOneOfImportance]

1 hour ago, Rwbricks said:

Unfortunately, there seems to just be too many options and such limited space. We have just a few system sets in the winter/spring release window, and then we get a pretty good sized wave in the summer. However, there is always new material that warrants sets, so it doesn’t seem like we will be getting the years of filling in the gaps like we did in the early 2010s. There’s always the pull between sets based on new material, sets based on things that we have missed, and remakes of things that we have already gotten. Personally, I can list a multitude of sets from all eleven theatrical films that I would still like to see made, and then still more that should/would/could be remade. With all of the shows and games, too, there’s just too much. 
 

Then the question of competition comes into play. Do I think Dex’s Diner would sell? Yes, I do. Do I think Dex’s Diner would sell better than a Droid Factory or a remake of Bounty Hunter Pursuit? No, I do not. Would I like all of them? Yes, but that seems unlikely to happen. 

All that being said, the Naboo Royal Starship and Exegol duel are still at the top of my list. 

And this is where the amount of new content is hurting things. We have so much coming out that it keeps us from getting such waves as 2012-2015 where they were able to focus on 6 movies and 2 shows of material in great ways filling in gaps. 

As far as the droid factory-the only way I see them making that set would be in the style of the old Toy Story 3 Trash Compactor, and I'm not sure that sold particularly well. I think kids are a lot more likely to be interested in a cool droid vehicle than a conveyor belt where they can build the 3 droids LEGO would likely include. That's the biggest problem with a lot of the PT that we haven't gotten. If you asked a 6 year old kid whether they wanted a cool AAT, ARC 170, Jedi Fighter, etc., or a conveyor belt with a couple of droids, a wedding, or a $40 diner, it's pretty obvious what kids would want. I would love to see more unique PT items (and I'm not even a huge PT fan), but given LEGO's limited space in each wave for original saga sets anymore, they're gonna play it safe with ships, tanks, etc. 

12 minutes ago, MSY-MSP said:

Being on the older side of things, i.e. I saw the original Star Wars (when it was still Star Wars, and not a new hope) in the theater in 1977, I too would like a Dex's Diner.  One of the strongest appeals that it has for me is that it is a scene that shows the ordinary life of the rest of the folks and not the main characters.  In a lot of ways it is the Cantina from the PT.  A memorable locale that doesn't have a lot of screen time, but adds a lot to the overall sense of the universe.  

Another location from AToC would be the bar where Obi-Wan is offered the death sticks.  I could see that as a set, though it might make a better diorama given the subject matter.  I can see the quote now "You want to go home and rethink your life.  I want to go home and rethink my life."

I think an MBS Coruscant with some of the civilian areas a-la Ninjago City would be amazing as a set. I just don't think LEGO has enough faith that something like that would sell, especially at the $400+ price point they would charge for it. When LEGO looks at the opening of AOTC, you have the attack on Padme, the Death Sticks guy, Dex's Diner, a Speeder Chase, and then going to Kamino while Anakin says cringy pick-up lines to Padme. What of that would make fun sets for kids to play with? Bounty Hunter Pursuit, Obi Wan's Starfighter and fighting Jango... And that's about it. The rest are popular because they're memes, not because they provide good vehicles/scenes to translate into $40-$60 sets that people outside of a small subculture would buy.

And sure, you could throw Jango into Dex's diner, etc., but at the end of the day, it's still a red and grey diner with an alien that very few remember. If a kid can choose between that or a Spider Tank with Baby Yoda and two cool Mandalorians for the same price, the choice is clear.

 

I do want to be clear. I'm not saying this because I wouldn't like to see some of these sets. I'm saying this because I think we too often forget that, from mechs to Dex (hey that rhymes), these sets are for kids, and that's the research LEGO is using to make them. We can want to see Wilrow Hood in every set, but no kid cares about the guy in the orange jumpsuit. They want a cheap way to get Vader (the $16 mech since they can't afford the $65 Bomber). They want cool Mandalorians and tanks, ships and troopers. That's why every clone has helmet holes for kids to customize them, etc. Because for a 6 year old kid, that's pretty darn fun. 

Edited August 9, 2023 by NoOneOfImportance

[starlego98]

I notice there is no microfighter rumored for next year, it will be the end of microfighters? or they'll come back in another wave?

[Llewop]

It’s got a bit wishlisty past couple of pages so following on from the above about a micro fighter set do we know all of the winter/spring sets or are there a few we are still waiting for? it does seem strange there isn’t one I’d have put money on it being a bo katan one if there was going to be one. 
 

Also shocked they haven’t followed up with any more mechs. Not because I want them but you’d think they would follow up on the ones from the summer wave.

I swore ages ago someone reliable said we were going back to getting 2 battle packs (not including the super pack that has B2s in).

I think some infos probably got lost over the past couple of weeks. When will the 2024 set forum be set up? 

 

37 minutes ago, starlego98 said:

I notice there is no microfighter rumored for next year, it will be the end of microfighters? or they'll come back in another wave?

I hope it isn’t we’ve got some great figures at a decent price over the years. Some of the builds haven’t been that bad either 

[Legofan2001]

1 hour ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

And this is where the amount of new content is hurting things. We have so much coming out that it keeps us from getting such waves as 2012-2015 where they were able to focus on 6 movies and 2 shows of material in great ways filling in gaps. 

As far as the droid factory-the only way I see them making that set would be in the style of the old Toy Story 3 Trash Compactor, and I'm not sure that sold particularly well. I think kids are a lot more likely to be interested in a cool droid vehicle than a conveyor belt where they can build the 3 droids LEGO would likely include. That's the biggest problem with a lot of the PT that we haven't gotten. If you asked a 6 year old kid whether they wanted a cool AAT, ARC 170, Jedi Fighter, etc., or a conveyor belt with a couple of droids, a wedding, or a $40 diner, it's pretty obvious what kids would want. I would love to see more unique PT items (and I'm not even a huge PT fan), but given LEGO's limited space in each wave for original saga sets anymore, they're gonna play it safe with ships, tanks, etc. 

I think an MBS Coruscant with some of the civilian areas a-la Ninjago City would be amazing as a set. I just don't think LEGO has enough faith that something like that would sell, especially at the $400+ price point they would charge for it. When LEGO looks at the opening of AOTC, you have the attack on Padme, the Death Sticks guy, Dex's Diner, a Speeder Chase, and then going to Kamino while Anakin says cringy pick-up lines to Padme. What of that would make fun sets for kids to play with? Bounty Hunter Pursuit, Obi Wan's Starfighter and fighting Jango... And that's about it. The rest are popular because they're memes, not because they provide good vehicles/scenes to translate into $40-$60 sets that people outside of a small subculture would buy.

And sure, you could throw Jango into Dex's diner, etc., but at the end of the day, it's still a red and grey diner with an alien that very few remember. If a kid can choose between that or a Spider Tank with Baby Yoda and two cool Mandalorians for the same price, the choice is clear.

 

I do want to be clear. I'm not saying this because I wouldn't like to see some of these sets. I'm saying this because I think we too often forget that, from mechs to Dex (hey that rhymes), these sets are for kids, and that's the research LEGO is using to make them. We can want to see Wilrow Hood in every set, but no kid cares about the guy in the orange jumpsuit. They want a cheap way to get Vader (the $16 mech since they can't afford the $65 Bomber). They want cool Mandalorians and tanks, ships and troopers. That's why every clone has helmet holes for kids to customize them, etc. Because for a 6 year old kid, that's pretty darn fun. 

Lego has ways to make the figures people want by just thinking outside the box but they won’t for whatever reason. An AOTC N1 could easily come with Senator or Pilot Padme,R2,Captain Typho,and Mas Amedda. Or they could do Bounty Hunter Pursuit and include AOTC Ani,Obi,Zam,and Sleazebaggano. As for like ACTUAL meme scenes I think they could work extremely well as Dioramas a 60 dollar Naboo balcony with “I don’t like sand” as the quote and Anakin,Padme,and R2 would sell great. A 400 dollar MBS Geonosis would take care of the Factory/Arena issue+give us much needed figures like Wat Tambor,and San Hill. (Not to mention they could even include a 300-500 piece Jango’s Slave One in the set.) Again as for Dex’s Diner if Lego can make small 30-40 dollar sets like Obi Wan’s Hut (with ZERO interesting figures or play features) and the Medical Bay from Echo Base they can 100% make a 30-40 dollar Dex’s Diner with Obi Wan,Dex,and the Server Droid. 

[Archer]

It's actually crazy that of the 3 main protagonists of ATOC Anikan has shown up in only 3 sets (Blue Angel did use his episode II look though) and Padme in only 1 Ever!! Obi-wan is the only character who feels like he's popped up a fair amount in that variation (Cuz he has a starship). Even Dooku, the main antagonist has only appeared twice! I obviously only counting their episode II looks.

 I personally think the arena with its obvious play features and alien creatures is a no brainer for kids to enjoy. And, that would include most of the important characters, but other than that and the Bounty hunter chase which has flashy brightly colored ships i think kids would like, I agree with the sentiment that many of the locales in the movie would be a tough sell to Legos target audience.

[BrickBob Studpants]

AT-AT destruction status update: it took me 6 hours to repair this beast, but the dark deed has been done  Now I‘m missing two pieces and I found the broken off tip of a LBG bar piece, but have no idea where it came from. All 38 bar pieces look fine